Full Idea
Might plants just be 'very slow animals', enjoying sentience that has been overlooked by us because of our human timescale chauvinism?
Gist of Idea
Maybe plants are very slow (and sentient) animals, overlooked because we are faster?
Source
Daniel C. Dennett (Kinds of Minds [1996], Ch.3)
Book Reference
Dennett,Daniel C.: 'Kinds of Minds' [Phoenix 1997], p.87
A Reaction
Delightful thought, arising from pondering the significance of the speed of operation of the brain. I think it is false, because I think high speed is essential to mind, and Dennett seems not to.